Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 997452 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL PIPE

Accident Summary Nr: 997452 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 01/18/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104004544	01/19/1988	2499	0	Menze Industries Inc

Abstract: A MAINTENANCE WORKER WAS WORKING FROM THE ROOFS OF SAWDUST BINS USING A 20-FOOT ALUMINUM PIPE TO CLEAR CLOGS AND TO CLEAN BUILDUP FROM THE TOP EDGE OF THE BINS. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE PULLED THE PIPE FROM ONE OF THE BINS, IT CONTACTED A 34.5-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE ELECTRIC SHOCK CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL 30 FEET TO THE GROUND. OTHER EMPLOYEES IN THE VICINITY CALLED FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES AND ADMINISTERED CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION UNTIL THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED. IN SPITE OF THESE EFFORTS, THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF ELECTROCUTION.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, CPR, ELECTROCUTED, E C, PIPE, METAL PIPE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104004544			Fatality	Electric Shock	Machinery maintenance occupations

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